Tsuguharu Foujita's Writings During Wartime: Collection of Newspaper and Magazine Contributions 1935-1956

Commemorative Publication for the 50th Anniversary of His Death The Passion in His "War Paintings" The outbreak of war, his experiences in French Indochina, his reporting on the Southern Front, his defeat, and his departure from Japan... Foujita's thoughts in his 50s and 60s.

Established in Paris in the 1920s for his distinctive milky-white nudes, painter Tsuguharu Foujita lived in wartime Japan and produced "war documentary paintings" such as "Suicide Attack on Attu Island" and "Faithful Fellow Patriots on Saipan Island." During this period, from the Second Sino-Japanese War to the Pacific War, he continued to paint while also contributing writings to newspapers and magazines. This book reprints Foujita's major wartime works for the first time, and, together with his essays, reveals a new perspective on his wartime imagery through the correlation between painting and writing.

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Publication Notes

Part I: Before the War Between Japan and the United States - In Relation to the Outbreak of World War II

Kimono My Life in Tokyo Today - A Letter from Tsuguharu Foujita to Pablo Picasso Looking for Hardship - My Feelings on Going Abroad Again (Part 1) The Wisdom of Mount Fuji - My Feelings on Going Abroad Again (Part 2) Comment on the First Kushitsu-kai Exhibition Wartime Depictions (Part 1) Wartime Depictions (Part 2) Wartime Depictions (Part 3) Wartime Scenes I Saw and Heard, Primarily in France On War Paintings - One Day in the Life of Master Painter Tsuguharu Foujita Painting War Painting for the Nation Taro Okamoto My Father and I

Part II Experiences in French Indochina

French Indochina Painting Believers (Part 1) French Indochina Painting Believers (Middle) French Indochina Painting Believers (Part 2) French Indochina and Japanese Art: Report from the Association's Delegation to the French Indochina Traveling Exhibition French Indochina: Unaware of the Contemporary French Art World - Show It with the Power of Japan The Canal of Huet Returning from French Indochina Criticism of Japanese Painting in French Indochina

Part III: From the Outbreak of the Pacific War to Covering the Southern Front

Artists Dispatched to the South Speak A Roundtable Discussion with the Art Unit's Firsthand Experience What is the Truth about War Painting? - War Painting Issues Discussed on the Ground Special Feature: Southern Painting Believers: Three Children's Topics Weekly Report: The Emotions of the Southern Front - Listening to the News of Yamaguchi Hoshun and Foujita Tsuguharu Army Painters: Roundtable Discussion on the Southern Front A Year's Harvest - A Roundtable Discussion with Army and Navy Press Corps Members Soldiers' Letters and Upcoming Works War and Painting (Part 1) War and Painting (Part 2) Circling Emotions: December 8th The Glory of Our Art World

Part IV: The Late Pacific War

Autumn of Forging Forward—Devotion to War Painting (Part 1) Our Great Mission—Devotion to War Painting (Part 2) Farewell to the European Art World On War Painting The Army Spirit (2): Biting into a Tank On Ken Domon Roundtable Discussion: War and Art "The Suicide Attack of Attsu" by Artist Tsuguharu Foujita (Newspaper Article) Afterword to "The Greater East Asia War: Commentary on Paintings Recording Army Operations" Creating a New National Treasure Key Points in War Painting The Magnificence of the Sky Before Painting an Aerial Battle

Part V: To Post-War Japan

The Artist's Conscience Remembering Unanimite The Narrow-mindedness of the Japanese To Mr. Narii of Japan—From Paris A ​​Conversation with Tsuguharu Foujita (Usaburo Ihara)

Essay: The Foujita Generation (Akihisa Kawata) Annotation Writing During Wartime: Fujita's Wartime History as Seen Through His Autographs (Yoko Hayashi)

List of First Publications Related Chronology (1933-1956) (edited by Yuki Takashima)

I PAINT THE WAR La Vie Actuelle à Tokyo; Letters of Tsuguji Fujita à Pablo Picasso KIMONO

Index of Works Index of Names